DragonFly Series

[Cog]

Beautiful shots, Cog.

Thank you, Click.

 

[LonelyBoy]

A couple from my backyard, before I had the landscapers come and drain the water lilies because mosquitos are downright evil.

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Great shots, Cog. 8)

 

[stephan00]

Some photos taken with an IR-modified 1200D and the 180 mm Tamron.

 

[Khristo]

Always loved the composition of this one - the way the reed he's sitting on curls away out of focus and that he looks as if he's watching the light coloured out of focus blob in the top right...

 

[Click]

@ stephan00 and Khristo,

Very nice shots, guys.

 

[Nat_WA]

As first contribution to the forum,
A couple from close to my home
Dragonfly (libelle) and damselfly (juffer)

 

[Cog]

 

[Nat_WA]

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Great shots Cog, beautiful diffuse backgrounds so they stand out well. I especially like the DiF (Dragonfly in flight ) - must be incredibly difficult to catch such an agile flyer "in flight"! Also saw one you posted in "Butterflies, Moths and Assorted Insects (Aug.03) which is awesome!

Keep up these quality posts! Cheers, Wiebe.

 

[Talys]

Cog, your dragonflies are divine. I absolutely love them.

Here are a couple I shot the other day

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, Phil.

 

[applecider]

A couple of darters.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Cog, Phil, applecider.
Lovely shots you have each taken, I'm curious as to how long it takes and how many missed shots you all have before you get the shots you show here, I spent about half an hour trying to shoot one down by the river last month, watching it fly what appeared to be quite a predictable circuit from reed to bramble to.......
Try for the shot and the routine changes and they are so quick from here to there to there etc, shots of tails leaving etc but nothing to show for the time with no indication that several hours would improve my chances of learning / predicting a flight path!
I take my hat off to you guys.

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Nat_WA]

Large red damselfly - a rare occasion in my garden

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Wiebe.
Very nice, the detail of the Damselfly shows up really well on the green of the leaf, in particular the wing veins are really distinct.

Cheers, Graham.

Large red damselfly - a rare occasion in my garden

 

[Handrews]

One from Bucharest:

Black-tailed Skimmer by B90ATX, on Flickr

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Handrews.
Great shot, very nice detail, including the wing veins.

Cheers, Graham.

One from Bucharest:

 

[Click]

One from Bucharest:

Very nice picture. Well done, Handrews.

 

[Nat_WA]

One from Bucharest:

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Hi Handrews,

Very nice picture! Did you use flash to provide extra light on the body? There seems to be an additional light source judging from the shadows... (I never even thought of trying that - you're providing new ideas ;D)

Wiebe.